emergency! // tomato bisque

26 January 2018

7:23am:Saurus: Mom! MOM! MOM! Emergency! It’s an emergency!Me: I’M UP! WHAT IS IT?! WHO DIED?!Saurus: I was in the bathroom and the lights just when dark. The lights just goed out while I was using the bathroom! (excessive and descriptive arm movements included.)Me: Are you hurt?Saurus: No, but the dark bathroom scared me. I was just trying to have privacy and get ready for the day like with brushing my teeth and stuff like that and the lights ran out of electricity!Me: The power just went out, sweetheart. It’s okay. We’ll get the fireplace going and be all snuggly til it comes back on. You’re sure you’re not hurt?Saurus: No. I’m okay.Me: Okay, then. Now that my heart has returned to a normal rhythm…Saurus, save the word emergency for when someone is really hurt or something is on fire or something REALLY big okay?Saurus: Okay.

The next day:Saurus: MOM! OH NO MOM! MOM! EMERGENCY, MOM! EMERGENCY! IT’S AN EMERGENCY!Me: WHERE’S YOUR BROTHER?!Saurus: He’s fine.Me: Well, you look fine and I don’t smell smoke. What’s the emergency?Saurus: My snowman lost his hat. It blow-ed away and I’m so worried!Me: …Me: …Me: …Me: We’ve gotta get you a safe word or something. Emergencies are when someone will die.Saurus: The snowman will die. He’ll get so cold wiffout [without] his cozy warm black hat with the little red stripes with the cute little red fluffy ball on top and he’ll die.Me: Well we can’t have that. (side note: Saurus is excessive with descriptions. I find it hilarious but it seriously slows down the conversation)Me: But seriously, where is your brother?Saurus: Eating and ruining the kitchen.Me: The usual, then.

So either we’re going to have to figure out how to better explain what constitutes an actual emergency or we’re going to just roll with it and have a new and improved word for real life or death scenarios. We’ll test it out when we run out of tomato bisque which I’m fairly certain is a life or death scenario.

Tomato bisque is probably my favorite soup (next to French onion) and is a wintertime staple in our house. I rue the day we don’t have any. True emergency.

This recipe is pretty much everything you ever wanted in a tomato bisque: bacon cooked in butter, extra creamyness, slight carrot flavor, and the perfect consistency for dunking grilled cheese.